AMERICAN EXPRESS CO — Director's Dealing 2013

Jan 31, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK: 0000004962
Period of Report: 2013-01-28

Reporting Person: HAYES JOHN D (EVP, Advertising)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-01-28	Common Stock	A	1640	$59.07	Acquired	89985	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	F	846	$59.07	Disposed	89139	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	A	48556	$59.07	Acquired	137695	Direct
2013-01-28	Common Stock	F	25041	$59.07	Disposed	112654	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3842.23	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares acquired pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units (i.e., "performance units") granted to the reporting person on January 26, 2010.

F2: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

F3: Shares held in reporting person's account under the Company's Retirement Savings Plan. This plan uses unit accounting, and the number of shares that a participant is deemed to hold varies with the unit price of the Company pooled stock fund.